Subj : Re: Queen City BBS Power Issues
To   : n2qfd
From : halian
Date : Fri Aug 09 2024 06:36 pm

 n2>  Th> Really?   Of course it isn't important enough for a UPS.  Good lord m
 n2>  Th> people priorities should not land with the BBS being #1.  Mine also
 n2>  Th> doesn't sit on a UPS.  If it goes down..  its down..  this isn't an I
 n2>  Th> with thousands of clients PAYING for service, its a toy.  At some poi
 n2>  Th> I may get a UPS but I'm not going to prioritize one and neither shoul
 n2>  Th> the other guy..
 n2> 
 n2>   yeah, this is exactly where I'm coming from. My BBS has near zero traffi
 n2> it's really the hardware that has the value here. I'm not going to say not
 n2> spend money in the things you love doing. I've got more than a few duckets
 n2> up in ham radio gear. Still, Occam's razor the simple answer is often the 
 n2> one. I don't want another bit of kit to maintain on top of the blinking
 n2> paperweight that is my BBS. I don't have elaborate electrical suppression 
 n2> my radio gear, I just never leave my antenna hooked up but rather grounded
 n2> not in use and even the power supply transformer unplugged. I cover my "ri
 n2> and my key with cloths for dust.

My opinion is that, if one's computer has valuable data on it, it should be connected to a UPS, even if its owner is diligent with backups. Things (like your radio gear, for example) can be replaced; data is rarely so lucky.

 n2> I mean my morse code key is a few hundred dollars worth of equipment alone
 n2> and I have a few of them!

Side question: how can a Morse code key be so expensive? o_o

                                                                      -̹ƒlian 

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